March

Inservice #5

(March 10, 2010)

Time: 4:15-6:15 pm

Agenda:

4:15-4:30 Welcome/Announcements/Questions

• Clickers will now work on computers that have Snow Leopard
• 1st Annual Canyons School District Film Festival
• Classes today are Class 1: Comic Life, Inspiration and Kidspiration, Class 2: Tux Paint, Celestia and Scratch
• Download Media for your files from the NEW version of eMedia - Go to: http://www.uen.org/

• Zamzar - great website to convert files

4:30-5:45

Option 1 Class: Applications on the Engaged Classroom computers - Comic Life, Inspiration, Kidspiration
For each application we will:

1. Review the program basics
2. Explore Templates - What is already there?
3. Show Classroom Examples/Ideas
4. Take time to create your own

Comic Life

• Download Comic Life
• Serial Number Name: Canyons School District
  Serial Number: comiclf001-MPD0-AVT0-76DC-P094-9152
• Examples/Ideas in Comic Life:
• More examples here
• Comic Life Wiki
• Comic Life Gallery

Where to find safe graphics for students to use:

• Classroom Clipart
• DiscoverySchool Clipart Gallery
• Pics4Learning
• Pioneer Online Library
• UEN Multimedia Resource List

Inspiration

• Inspiration Resources
• More Inspiration Resources

Option 2 Class: Applications in the Productivity Labs; Scratch, Tux Paint and Celestia

For each application we will quickly:

1. Review the program basics
2. Show Classroom Examples/Ideas
3. Take time to create your own

Scratch

1. Visual programming language developed at MIT.
2. Download
3. Getting Started
4. Galleries

TuxPaint

1. Drawing program similar to KidPix
2. Download
3. Documentation

Celestia

1. Space Simulation-Planetarium Software (Stellarium is another great planetarium software)
2. Download
3. Documentation

5:30-5:40 Break

5:40-6:15 Sharing Session (Boardroom A)